Fox Hill pound boat

Fox Hill pound boat

Courtesy of the Fox Hill Historial Association/Arcadia Publishing

Pound net fishing was the main livelihood of Fox Hill men from the 1800s through the 1940s. This undated photo from before 1952 shows the Evans family working a pound net off Buckroe Beach in what was then Elizabeth City County.

Pound net fishing was the main livelihood of Fox Hill men from the 1800s through the 1940s. This undated photo from before 1952 shows the Evans family working a pound net off Buckroe Beach in what was then Elizabeth City County. (Courtesy of the Fox Hill Historial Association/Arcadia Publishing)

Pound net fishing was the main livelihood of Fox Hill men from the 1800s through the 1940s. This undated photo from before 1952 shows the Evans family working a pound net off Buckroe Beach in what was then Elizabeth City County.